by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Leadership, Personal Effectiveness |
In a recent Huffington Post article, Ford Motor Company chairman Bill Ford and former Google.org director Larry Brilliant are described as “business leaders who advocate mindfulness.” The article then goes on to list ten executives who meditate...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Leadership |
You’re clear about where you want to go. You made your plans. You’ve started on your journey. Maybe you landed your dream job, or found your soulmate, or have a vision for how you can make a difference in the world. So now, you simply need to focus on execution...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Leadership, Team Effectiveness |
Wouldn’t it be nice if everyone thanked you at the end of the meeting and told you how glad they were to have been there? How likely is that to happen? A recent study found that for the second year in a row, workers reported meetings as “the biggest distraction...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Leadership |
Organizations need people who know what they’re doing, where they’re going, and have the skills to get there. We call that “talent.” Unfortunately, there’s a common misbelief that the best way to get talent is to buy it – not build...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Leadership |
Today begins my last week as executive director of the Berrett-Koehler Foundation. This is the second time I’ve done this with an organization—served as executive director during the startup phase—and I’ve learned many lessons along the way. My involvement began two...
by Jesse Lyn Stoner | Collaboration, Leadership |
I was delighted to catch up with Jake Jacobs, the creator of Real Time Strategic Change (RTSC), the approach that brings hundreds of people together to make collaborative decisions about their organization in real time, which I described in Try Collaborative Change...
